This season some things went right but, a whole horsefeathers of things went wrong, I'm not expecting much of them in the playoffs. But, when you consider the whole lot of things that went wrong and the Cubs may still end up with the best record in the NL it's remarkable. Let's remove the Brewers' best player, number 1 or 2 starter, along with their closer and see how they fare.

gflore34 wrote:This season some things went right but, a whole horsefeathers of things went wrong, I'm not expecting much of them in the playoffs. But, when you consider the whole lot of things that went wrong and the Cubs may still end up with the best record in the NL it's remarkable. Let's remove the Brewers' best player, number 1 or 2 starter, along with their closer and see how they fare.

They would argue that they spent $86m less in payroll than the Cubs so the Cubs should still be able to beat the Brewers without all of those pieces.

gflore34 wrote:This season some things went right but, a whole horsefeathers of things went wrong, I'm not expecting much of them in the playoffs. But, when you consider the whole lot of things that went wrong and the Cubs may still end up with the best record in the NL it's remarkable. Let's remove the Brewers' best player, number 1 or 2 starter, along with their closer and see how they fare.

They would argue that they spent $86m less in payroll than the Cubs so the Cubs should still be able to beat the Brewers without all of those pieces.

well therein lies the rub.

the system allows for the Cubs to spend more than the brewers, the Cubs do choose to spend more than the brewers, and the Cubs will continue to spend more than the Brewers for the foreseeable future.

You can't treat that as a flukish thing that may not repeat.

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longhotsummer wrote:I realize now, any opposing viewpoint, will not be tolerated.

gflore34 wrote:This season some things went right but, a whole horsefeathers of things went wrong, I'm not expecting much of them in the playoffs. But, when you consider the whole lot of things that went wrong and the Cubs may still end up with the best record in the NL it's remarkable. Let's remove the Brewers' best player, number 1 or 2 starter, along with their closer and see how they fare.

They would argue that they spent $86m less in payroll than the Cubs so the Cubs should still be able to beat the Brewers without all of those pieces.

And then we can start talking about the Brewers getting an extra 1st/2nd round pick every year, that their owner is capable of supporting a payroll with a smaller delta, that they themselves can narrow the gap by watching the brewers more and attending more games, etc.

gflore34 wrote:This season some things went right but, a whole horsefeathers of things went wrong, I'm not expecting much of them in the playoffs. But, when you consider the whole lot of things that went wrong and the Cubs may still end up with the best record in the NL it's remarkable. Let's remove the Brewers' best player, number 1 or 2 starter, along with their closer and see how they fare.

The Brewers #1 starter missed the entire season. Their #3 starter missed over half of the season, their #5 starter missed over half of the season, their #6 starter missed over half of the season, their #7 starter missed over half of the season. Their closer missed a big chunk of the season. 5 of their top 7 bullpen arms were on the DL at some point. Their entire OF spent time on the DL. Their SS had the worst season of anyone I remember in recent history. Their top 3 catchers all missed significant parts of the season. At one point the Brewers had 16 players on the DL which led to them losing 7 of 8 games right before the break.

The Cubs do not stand out as a team that had it particularly hard overall this season, teams suffer all kinds of setbacks.

gflore34 wrote:This season some things went right but, a whole horsefeathers of things went wrong, I'm not expecting much of them in the playoffs. But, when you consider the whole lot of things that went wrong and the Cubs may still end up with the best record in the NL it's remarkable. Let's remove the Brewers' best player, number 1 or 2 starter, along with their closer and see how they fare.

The Brewers #1 starter missed the entire season. Their #3 starter missed over half of the season, their #5 starter missed over half of the season, their #6 starter missed over half of the season, their #7 starter missed over half of the season. Their closer missed a big chunk of the season. 5 of their top 7 bullpen arms were on the DL at some point. Their entire OF spent time on the DL. Their SS had the worst season of anyone I remember in recent history. Their top 3 catchers all missed significant parts of the season. At one point the Brewers had 16 players on the DL which led to them losing 7 of 8 games right before the break.

The Cubs do not stand out as a team that had it particularly hard overall this season, teams suffer all kinds of setbacks.

oh brother. nobody cares about all the scrubs on the brewers that got hurt.